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J. SPRUCE.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

N0. 339,948. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES SPRUCE, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,948, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed August 24, 1885. Serial No. 175,149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SPRUCE, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Suspender-Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a front View showing the buckle complete; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same, showing suspender introduced; Fig. 3, a front view showing flange (Z before bending.

This invention relates to an improvement in suspender -buckles, and particularly to that class of buckles known as plate-buckles that is, buckles constructed without movable parts.

The usual construction of this class of buckles consists of three or more bars, one of the intermediate bars provided with teeth to engage the suspender; but such engagement being in the bend or loop of the suspender, it is di'fficult to adjust without withdrawing the suspender from the buckle.

The object of this invention is to avoid this difficulty and provide a buckle that will be substantially flat when applied to the suspender, and so that there will be no projecting parts on either side to injure the garments vices for attaching the Suspender-ends. The 40 upper edge of the bar C is extended toward the bar B, as shown in Fig. 3, forming a flange, (7, in length shorter than the slot 1). The said flange is turned inward, as shown in Fig. 2, and serrated upon its edge. 4 5

E represents the suspender.

To secure the buckle to the suspender, pass the end of the suspender inside the bar A, outward through the slot a, outside the bar B, inward through the slot 1), over the flange d, thence downward in rearof the bar C, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the buckle is drawn downward the teeth on the flange (I will engage the suspender, thereby holding itin place.

To adjust the suspender, raise the end of the suspender above the flange d, as shown in broken lines, Fig. 2, so as to allow it to slide freely through the slot 1).

It will be readily seen that this buckle is very simple and cheap in construction, easily adjusted, and has practically no projection to injure the garments, the only projection being the flange d, which is protected by the sus pender.

I clain1 The herein-described buck-lo, consisting of three parallel bars, A B O,-in the same plane, connected at their ends, forming two slots, a I), a hook, D, upon the lower edge of the bar C, the upper edge of said bar O extended to form a flange, (l, the said flange turned inward and serrated upon its edge, all of a single piece \Vitnesses:

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